Source: www.youtube.com This documentary film, through the use of animation and live-action footage, tells the stories of two Baha’i couples, one of whom was imprisoned in Iran, for their beliefs in the Baha’i Faith, and…
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Sarang Etehadi Released at the End of His Sentence
Source: wp.me/pNMoJ-2kr Sarang Etehadi was released from prison in Tehran today, at the end of a one-year sentence on charges of “propaganda against the state through participation in Bahai worship and prayer groups.” His wife, Nasim…
My View: Yes, Iran Jails People for Their Opinions
Source: www.deseretnews.com By Katrina Lantos Swett and Robert George For the Deseret News May 28 2015 – “We do not jail people for their opinions.” So insisted Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in his April…
Shomeis Mohajer Released at the End of Her Sentence
Source: besharatebahai5.blogspot.nl Translation by sen’s daily Shomeis Mohajer, a Bahai from Tehran, has been released at the end of a one-year sentence. She was one of almost 20 Baha’is who were arrested in early July, 2012,…
Addressing the Judge, a Letter from a Baha’i Sentenced to Prison
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA- Navid Haghighi, a Baha’i from Arak who has been sentenced to three years of mandatory prison, plus an additional year with the possibility of parole, due to charges…
Davar Nabilzadeh Free after 5 Years in Prison
Source: iranrn.net Translation by Sen’s daily Davar Nabilzadeh has been freed from prison in Mashhad after serving a five year sentence on charges of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic, acting against domestic security through membership and…
Hassan Bazrafkan Begins One Year Sentence
Source: www.farzanfaramarzi.com Translation by Sen’s daily Hassan Bazrafkan, a Bahai from Marvdasht county (in Fars Province), was told to report to the authorities to begin serving a one-year sentence on April 18, although he has appealed…
Cry of Rage Against This Injustice
Source: www.facebook.com/Freeiqanshahidi Translation by Iran Press Watch By Forouzan Amini, the mother of Ighan Shahidi, in recognition of the third year of her son’s imprisonment; Dear Ighan, April ninth is the commemoration of your separation from…
Imprisonment and Desecration of Cemeteries Were the Share of Baha’is in the Year 2014 in Iran
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 23rd March 2015 By: Kiyan Sabeti Within the last few years, persecution and pressure on the Baha’is of Iran has increased, but it could be said that it reached…
Prison Sentence of a Baha’i in Yazd Is Carried Out
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: April 5, 2015 HRANA News Agency – Mehran Eslami, A Baha’i citizen residing in Yazd, reported to Yazd prison to start his prison term.Based on a report from…
Arrest of Afsaneh Yadegar, a Baha’i in Tehran
Source: Campaign to Defend Civil and Political Prisoners in Iran Translation by Iran Press Watch Friday April 10, 2015 On Tuesday April 7th 2015, security guards raided the homes of two Baha’i citizens in Tehran;…
Farahnaz Misaghian Begins Her Sentence in Yazd
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily Farahnaz Misaghian, a Bahai from Yazd, began a one-year prison sentence on April 6. She is one of 20 Bahais who were arrested in central Iran in August 2012, and…
Visit with the Family of Navid Khanjani, the Imprisoned Education Rights Activist
Source: www.facebook.com/freenavidkhanjani Translation by Iran Press Watch Today, Sunday the 29th of March, the families of the martyr Mostafa Karim Beigi, Mohamad Nourizad, Masoumeh Dehghan the wife of Abdolfatah Soltani, Akran Zeinali the mother of Saeed Zeinali, …
Opening a New File for Adnan Rahmat-Panah
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Watch HRANA News Agency: Adnan Rahmat-Panah, a Baha’i prisoner in Shiraz who in the last month of his confinement was faced with a new case against him, has been sentenced to…
Baha’is over the Last Year – a Return to the Era of the Iranian Revolution
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Thursday, 19 March, 2015 By Kian Sabeti The Iranian Solar Year 1393 (March 2014 – March 2015), witnessed the largest numbers of detained or sentenced and imprisoned Baha’is for…
Laleh Mehdinezhad Arrested in Varamin
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily On the evening of March 9, Laleh Mehdinezhad and a number of Baha’is who were present in her home were arrested by agents from the security forces. The agents searched…
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